Julia Roberts plays the feisty character of Erin Brockovich to win her Best Actress awards in the Academy Awards, Golden Globe and Screen Actors Guild Award. Based on a true story of a woman who discovers foul play and assists residence which eventually becomes a class-action lawsuit.

Mind Stars – Julia Roberts, Albert Finney, Aaron Eckhart

What we like

• Brockovich is a clear example of knowing what is right and wrong and acting accordingly regardless of the odds
• Through shear persistence, hard work and heart felt motivation Brockovich makes many enormous, seeming impossible tasks possible

Mind experience

• It is hard to believe that firstly there was a case like this to research into. That residence didn’t put two and two together. That this could be ever covered up. Being on the outside allows us to understand what was happening collectively. The residence in this town were experiencing individual turmoil and only had energy enough to focus on their own lives. In fact, they didn’t believe they could do anything other then what they were doing. Enter Brockovich with curiosity and a gut feeling to know that something is not quite right. Using her clear thinking and a compassion for those effected persevered beyond all odds to gather information and research to finally take on the giant. When we think a task is daunting, think how would Brockovich get through this?

To think about

• Erin Brockovich: Not personal! That is my work, my sweat, and my time away from my kids! If that is not personal, I don’t know what is!

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